diff --git a/src/core/network-openssl.c b/src/core/network-openssl.c
index 05614335..2c711c78 100644
--- a/src/core/network-openssl.c
+++ b/src/core/network-openssl.c
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@ static GIOChannel *irssi_ssl_get_iochannel(GIOChannel *handle, const char *hostn
 		g_error("Could not allocate memory for SSL context");
 		return NULL;
 	}
+	SSL_CTX_set_options(ctx, SSL_OP_ALL | SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2);
 
 	if (mycert && *mycert) {
 		char *scert = NULL, *spkey = NULL;